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Documents may be dispersed across Dropbox, images may be in Google Drive or OneDrive. Your crucial work data may be stored on your Synology NAS. Keeping all of this data in sync can be a hassle.

This is where Synology Cloud Sync comes in as a handy package for your Synology NAS, Cloud Sync bridges the gap between your NAS and various public cloud storage providers.

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What is Synology Cloud Sync?

Let’s delve into how Cloud Sync works and how it can streamline your file management across different cloud platforms.

Synology Cloud Sync is a feature available with Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. It allows you to synchronize data between your Synology NAS and a variety of cloud storage providers, such as Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive.

It is a package you can install on your Synology NAS that lets you synchronize files between your NAS and multiple public cloud storage services. Think of it as a bridge between your NAS, which is like your own personal cloud storage, and popular public cloud services. The below are the features of Synology Cloud Sync:

Syncs with multiple cloud services: It supports a wide variety of cloud providers including Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Baidu Cloud, and even Amazon S3 compatible storage.
One-way or two-way sync: You can choose whether to have a one-way or two-way sync. One-way sync means changes are only reflected in one location, while two-way keeps both locations up-to-date.
Selective sync: You don’t have to sync everything on your NAS. You can choose specific folders to keep in sync with the cloud storage.
Encryption and compression: Synology Cloud Sync offers client-side encryption to keep your data secure during transfer and storage. It can also compress files to reduce storage space used in the cloud.
Traffic control: You can set bandwidth limits to manage how much internet data Cloud Sync uses.

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Configure Synology Cloud Sync

As mentioned above, you can setup a one-way or two-way sync with Synology Cloud Sync depending on your requirements. Here we will only configure as a one-way sync.

Step 1: Log into your Synology NAS

Here it is assumed that your Synology NAS has been fully set-up. The login for NAS storage is usually access through an IP Address and a unique assignable port number.

Once you login to it, the first interface will be similar to the screenshot below:

From desktop, click on Paxkage Center search for Cloud Sync. If you have already installed it, click on to open it. If this is your first time, click on Install to install it.

Once the cloud sync feature is installed, you can locate it under the “Installed” tab whenever you need it.

Step 2: Configure Cloud Sync

Here we will configure the cloud sync to sync data from OneDrive to our Synology NAS.

As shown above, you configure cloud sync to sync data to and from many cloud provider services based on your needs. Click Next to proceed to the next screen.

Step 3: Authenticateto your OneDrive Account

Here, you will enter your email and password to authenticate cloud sync with your OneDrive Account.

Step 4: Grant Access Permission

You need to accept and grant the access permission to authorize Synology Cloud Sync to interact with OneDrive.

Click on Accept on both screens to proceed as shown below.

Step 5: Configure Task Setting

This step provide you with the option to specfy the local path where you want synced data to be stored as well as specfiying the sync direction. Here the sync direction is configured to only download remote changes.

This is a one-way sync because Cloud Sync will only download data from the source folder (OneDrive) to the Synology NAS.